Kings Warks and Cemeteries–Interesting Discoveries of Lanark County

George Allan Chenier Sr. emailed me last week and had an interesting question.

“Just a bit north of where we live back here in the Lanark Highlands, there is a lot of community forest and this is where I found an interesting grave sight. it appears as if maybe the township may have taken care of this over the years. It has a dilapidated rail fence surrounding it and a white metal gate. There is one head stone. I am curious to know. Thank you. George Chenier

So I tried, I really did. But, why I did not click on that first photo I found I have no idea. I am literally slipping this week. So, I took it to the Lanark Genealogical Society Facebook page and Norma Ford got right on it. But, it was Claudia Tait that provided the website. Yes, it was the same website I had passed over. LOL

This is one of Lanark counties best kept secrets and I would like to thank George for bringing this forward. This is definitely a future field trip.

 King Cemetery

King Cemetery  Lot 8, Con. 7 – Darling Twp.   Burials – 1841 to 1925

	In Memory Of James King, (born 1816), died Jan. 22, 1895, aged 79 years.  Also his Children: John, died Apr. 24, 1850 William, died Apr. 8, 1862 Alexander, died Sept. 21, 1866 Peter, died Sept. 26, 1866 Margaret, died Feb. 26, 1871
This is a Headstone made of Oak Board, nailed to the rail fence.  The writing on the board is very hard to read, but I believe it relates to 2 boys, children of Wm. King and A. Boyle, 1866-1872.
	This is a small wooden cross made out of two cedar poles wired together.
This is field stone with a point facing up.
	This is a smaller field stone, white in color, also facing up.
It is believed that there are approximately 19 to 30 people buried in this cemetery.  Some of them may be as follows; “Granny” Wark, as she lived with her daughter, Mrs. Margaret (Wark) King. Thomas Duncan King, father of Jack King died Nov. 1925. James King Sr., born 1786/7, his wife Grace, sons John & James and daughter Eliza. James King Jr., his wife Margaret ((Wark) died 20 June 1906 aged 80 years) and some of their children (listed above on the headstone) John Albert King, died 21 Jan 1900, aged 5 years. William Hanson, died 27 Feb. 1896, aged 84 years. Ann Barrie (wife of Wm. Hanson) died 24 April 1906, aged 84 years. These last two are parents of Mrs. Thomas King.
Keith Thompson, Clayton, Ontario – 25 April, 2001

James King family cemetery

INDEX              KING              FAMILY

                                                                                                     

1c1 James King #1                               a1786/87           b Tatlock

  s Grace Duncan                                                                                               source Ollie Orr

   2 c1 James King #2                             a1816-1895      b & d Tatlock

     s Margaret Wark                              a1826-             b Scotland                      married 1842; Tatlock

                      FAMILY LINK (6 c3) Wark Family

         3 c1 Mary King                                    1846-1906      b Tatlock; d Hall’s Mills

            s Archibold Boyle

                    (c1-c7)

          3 c2 Warden King                               1852-1928      b Tatlock; d Clayton

             s Margaret Thompson                      1858-1913      b Galbraith              married a1882

                FAMILY LINK     (3 c9) Thompson Family

                4 c1 James King                                                                                   Idaho in 1928

                 4 c2 Bertha Grace King                   1885-

                   s  John C. Caldwell                                                              Tatlock in 1928

                 Bertha & John’s Family (c1-c2) at FAMILY LINK (5 c2) Caldwell Family

                4 c3  Clara King                                 1888-1957      b Darling;

                                                                                  d at the home of Mrs. John Brydges (K.T.4;4)

                  s Arthur W. Nolan                          1844-1951            b  Lanark     d Clayton             (K.T. 3)

             Clara & Andrew’s family (c1) at FAMILY LINK (2 c6) Nolan Family  

John Morrow is looking for your help!

 James King’s wife, Margaret Wark, was my 3rd great-grand aunt on my father’s side and 1st cousin 4x removed on both sides. If anybody in the Darling area is looking for other burial sites, I have been trying for years to locate her nephew Nathaniel Pretty Wark, 8 Apr 1875-22 April 1884, youngest son of Margaret’s brother James and his wife, their 1st cousin, Agnes (or Agneen) Pretty. I know James and Agnes are buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Middleville but can’t find any record of where Nathaniel is buried.

I am also looking for information about my 2nd great-grandmother, Frances or Fanny Stretch, first wife of Andrew James Napier. I suspect, but can’t prove, she died giving birth to their youngest son, Richard, in 1868. Richard appears on the 1870 and 1880 US censuses with his grandparents John and Mary (Cook) Stretch in Minnesota, but Fanny seems to have disappeared; Andrew James Napier is buried at Hopetown with his second wife, Sarah Pretty-Camelon, a sister of Agnes Pretty-Wark